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Phat Member  Posts: 18310 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
I have an Alexa also. I will call Alexa "Her" rather than "It" as it feels more comfortable. One of my friends abhors Her, calling her invasive, snoopy, and fodder for use by a future global dictator! Another lifelong friend, an atheist, even calls "that thing" an "evil robot"!
 Basically, all that I use the smart speaker for is to set kitchen and laundry timers as reminders while I am at my desk, to play songs from My Music and from Amazon Music, and as an occasional source for weather. She will, however, also play podcasts...several of which I listen to when at my desk.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.In the same way that "allowing people to choose what they want to be when they grow up" undermines communism.~Stile
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Phat Member Posts: 18310 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
Of course Alexa is useless for looking most anything up and I would rather do it myself anyway. Sapient pearwood, aka magic tree, aka magic robot? Is this where we are heading?
 I still worry about an electromagnetic pulse wiping out not only my smart speaker but everything technological that I am used to relying on. If the Sun did it, however, who could we declare war on? (Tongue-In-Cheek) Edited by Thugpreacha, : No reason given.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"If that's not sufficient for you go soak your head."~Faith You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
Subjectivism may very well undermine Christianity.In the same way that "allowing people to choose what they want to be when they grow up" undermines communism.~Stile
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